Re: [Xen-users] XP under Debian

[Julian Davison <julian-xen_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

oz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to give a short summary, how I finally got a W*n XP running under 
> Debian/Xen yesterday.
> * Installation of a xen hypervisor in a Debian GNU/Linux (sid) 
> environment and booted by this grub menu-entry:
> ...
> title Xen 3.0.3-1-i386 / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-2-xen-686 
> /dev/sda10
> root (hd0,9)
> kernel /boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386.gz
> module          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-2-xen-686 root=/dev/sda10 ro 
> console=tty0
> module          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-2-xen-686
> ...
>
> * Creation of an empty loop-device, which later contains the OS-guest:
>
> #cd /priv/xen/domains/xp1
> #dd if=/dev/zero of=windisk.img bs=1k seek=4096k count=1
> #dd if=/dev/zero of=windisk.img bs=1k count=1 conv=notrunc
>
> * It seems to be impossible (really?) to install the guest via CDROM, so 
> I first copied the complete Install-CD (its ISO-image) on my harddisk.
I managed to install Win2k3 server from CD, though it wasn't
perfect. As I recall I had some CD-changing issues. (I didn't
need to in the Win2k3 install, but did installing subsequent
software - I ended up using ye olde windows file sharing)
I'm also using LVM :)

> One little problem I haven't resolved yet. The mouse-cursor in the 
> XP-Window is usable, but the "dot" and the "arrow" are not at the same 
> position. I think this can be solved with some VNC-settings or 
> Window-dimensions/resolution. If someone already had this issue or has 
> an idea, i would be happy to hear.
With Win2k3 server under SDL "enhance pointer precision" was
set by default. This caused lots of fun trying to click on things
:)




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